Hi Marnie: Yes, print life from color prints leave something to be desired. The best right now would be Fuji Crystal Archive, and Ilfochrome (Cibachrome) at about 60 years each, followed by Konica at 30-40 years. Kodak has a notorious reputation for fading and is listed around 15-20 years though it also seems to fade faster under display condition then the Fuji or Konica media. I don't know how Agfa or some of the secondary manufacturers like Mitsubishi are. I would think they are at least as good as the Kodak, probably somewhere between Kodak and Konica. Kodak has come out with a new paper, Duralife, that is supposed to be longer lived, but I've seen no figures on it.
Epson dye based printers have a life of 5-15 years depending on the media it's printed on. The printers using ultra-chrome inks have a 40-80 year life depending on media and the full archival inks have over 100 year life, though they have a reduced gamut. I'm not sure about the 2200, but the wide format 7600 and 9600 printers can be configured for either ultra-chrome or archival inks, though you can not switch back and forth. For reference, an archivally processed fiber based B&W print can have a 100-200 year lifespan if properly stored of course. BUTCH "Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself" Hermann Hesse (Demian)
